Golf’s world ranking points controversy has taken a new twist with two of the top three finishers in last week’s Asian Tour event left less than impressed at the number of points awarded to them for their efforts.
Berry Henson, who has plied his trade on the Asian Tour since 2011, took to Twitter after finding out the points allocated at the Yeangder TPC at Linkou International Golf and Country Club in Taiwan. The American received 0.6518 points for finishing tied-3rd at 14-under par, while winner Travis Smyth got just 2.28704 for winning his first Asian Tour title.
2.28 first place @OWGRltd points for winner this week on @asiantourgolf. I’m sorry but that’s a crock of 💩. @acaseofthegolf1September 25, 2022
In comparison, Guido Migliozzi received 18.54753 for winning the French Open, Max Homa got just over 40 points for winning the most recent PGA Tour event, the Fortinet Championship, and every Major championship awards 100 to the winner. Smyth received less points for his victory than Victor Perez and Adrian Meronk got for tying for 11th place at Le Golf National, while everyone who finished in the top 50 at July’s Open Championship at St Andrews received more ranking points than Smyth won in New Taipei City.
Yeangder champion Smyth replied to Henson’s tweet with a string of laughing emojis, asking “Is that all I got? What a joke!”, while Lee Westwood was quick to reply to the Australian, tweeting, “Yes but someone that represents you on that board voted for that change.”
Westwood, of course, is one of the players who has moved to LIV Golf, and currently doesn’t earn any ranking points in those events, which are deemed not to fit the qualifying criteria by the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR). All LIV players are falling down the world rankings, with some playing on other tours to try and maintain their positions in the knowledge that invitations to Majors and other events can be based on world rank
Former World No. 1 Westwood has now fallen outside of the world’s top 100, and while recent LIV Chicago winner Cameron Smith…
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